Mark Zuckerberg thinks maybe it’s time you send an AI bot a friend request. Last week, the Meta CEO sat down for an hour-long conversation with podcaster Dwarkesh Patel and argued that it’s only a matter of time before society sees the “value” in AI friendships.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg predicts a future where AI will understand you so well that different AI personas will become your "friends." In a new interview with podcaster Dwarkesh Patel, Zuckerberg said that he thinks "the average person wants more connectivity,